Scott Dixon
| Scott Dixon | |
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Dixon at the 2013 Grand Prix of Baltimore
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| Nationality |
 New Zealander |
| Born | Scott Ronald Dixon 22 July 1980 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| IndyCar Series career | |
| Debut season | 2003 |
| Current team | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| Car no. | 9 |
| Starts | 233 |
| Wins | 39 |
| Podiums | 87 |
| Poles | 25 |
| Fastest laps | 29 |
| Best finish | 1st in 2003, 2008, 2013, 2015 |
| Previous series | |
| 1994 1995–1996 1997–1998 1999–2000 2001–2002 |
NZ Formula Vee NZ Formula Ford Australian Formula Holden Indy Lights CART Champ Car |
| Championship titles | |
| 1994 1995 1996 1998 2000 2003, 2008, 2013, 2015 |
NZ Formula Vee Class II NZ Formula Ford Class II NZ Formula Ford Class I Australian Drivers' Champ Indy Lights IndyCar Series |
| Awards | |
| 1999 2001 2003 2004 2006 2008 2009 2015 |
Jim Clark Trophy CART Rookie of the Year Jim Clark Trophy Bruce McLaren Trophy Jim Clark Trophy Rolex 24 at Daytona overall winner Bruce McLaren Trophy NZ Sportsman of the Year Inducted into MotorSport New Zealand Wall of Fame Rolex 24 at Daytona overall winner |
Scott Ronald Dixon MNZM (born 22 July 1980) is a professional racing driver from New Zealand. Competing for Chip Ganassi Racing since joining IndyCar, Dixon has won the championship in 2003, 2008, 2013, and 2015, and he won the 92nd Indianapolis 500 in 2008 from pole position. With 40 wins, Dixon is the leading non-U.S. driver in American Championship Cars, and is the leading driver in the current IndyCar Series with 39 wins.
He was selected in a worldwide poll among fans as one of the 33 greatest drivers in Indianapolis 500 history. Among other notable awards won by Dixon are the Jim Clark Trophy (1999, 2001, 2004) and the Bruce McLaren Trophy (2003, 2008). In 2012 he was appointed Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit and was New Zealand's Sportsman of the Year in 2008 and 2013.
Dixon was born in Brisbane, Australia, to New Zealand parents Ron and Glenys Dixon who were both dirt-track race car drivers. The family returned to Auckland in New Zealand when Dixon was very young. A Manurewa, South Auckland resident and a student from James Cook High School he began racing karts as a seven-year-old, and caught the attention of the New Zealand public when granted a special dispensation to obtain a competition licence to race a saloon car as a 13-year-old. At the time of this incident, New Zealanders could not obtain a road licence until turning 15 years old. Dixon was competing at Pukekohe Park Raceway in a one-make series featuring the Nissan Sentra when he rolled the car onto its roof. He caught national attention when TV showed him struggling from the upturned car with a cushion strapped to his back to enable him to reach the pedals, and wiping a tear from his eye. Dixon went on to win in every series he competed in.
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